View of Ancient and Modern Egypt: With an Outline of Its Natural HistoryHarper & Brothers, 1846 - 348 pages |
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Page 31
... sand years ; why then might not a bay still more spacious than this be choaked up with mud , in the time which passed before our age , by a stream so great and powerful as the Nile ? * The men of science who accompanied the French expe ...
... sand years ; why then might not a bay still more spacious than this be choaked up with mud , in the time which passed before our age , by a stream so great and powerful as the Nile ? * The men of science who accompanied the French expe ...
Page 32
... sand analogous to the substance which has at all times been brought down by the flood of the Nile . This convex form assumed by the surface of the valley is not peculiar to Egypt , -being common to the banks of all great rivers where ...
... sand analogous to the substance which has at all times been brought down by the flood of the Nile . This convex form assumed by the surface of the valley is not peculiar to Egypt , -being common to the banks of all great rivers where ...
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... sand and soil ; and hence , in the course of ages , the stream , creating a barrier against its own escape , is ... sands , and dams its wonted course . Whence narrower , too , its exit to the main , And with less force the tardy stream ...
... sand and soil ; and hence , in the course of ages , the stream , creating a barrier against its own escape , is ... sands , and dams its wonted course . Whence narrower , too , its exit to the main , And with less force the tardy stream ...
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... sand , which it loses in proportion as it is carried farther from the river , so that at a certain distance it consists almost entirely of pure argil . This mud is em- ployed in several arts among the Egyptians . It is formed into ...
... sand , which it loses in proportion as it is carried farther from the river , so that at a certain distance it consists almost entirely of pure argil . This mud is em- ployed in several arts among the Egyptians . It is formed into ...
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... sand and dust . * For various reasons , especially the want of wood and the low elevation of the whole plain from Rosetta to Assouan , the average degree of heat in Egypt is considerably greater than in many other countries situated in ...
... sand and dust . * For various reasons , especially the want of wood and the low elevation of the whole plain from Rosetta to Assouan , the average degree of heat in Egypt is considerably greater than in many other countries situated in ...
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